What were you nearly called?

[Abigail47]

I was nearly called Deborah or Scarlett.

They were in my parents top three names.

Then they finally chose my name.

I feel a bit of a connection to those other two names.

If I was a boy I was going to be called Joel.
And the other options for my name were Daisy and Eden.

Anaïs

Kirsty. I imagine my second name would still have been Louise though as I was born in the 80s!

Naomi, only didn't happen because (bit outing) my grandparents kicked off.

I would have been Daniel if I was a boy.

My Mum really wanted to call me Abigail. I'm forever grateful that my Dad hated it.
I was also told that I'd have been called Luke had I been born male. That's not so bad, I could have lived with that.

I was very nearly Clare until Gilbert O’Sullivan released ‘Clair’ and every other girl seemed to get the name.

I prefer my name. If I’d been a boy I’d have been Simon. Or possibly Edward which I’d have liked.

Ianto if I'd been a boy.

Miriam

My mother was nearly called Blodwen

Harley

Yes, my dad was called David.

Thankfully I was a girl. Though it was only a marginally better option.

I would have been Maria or Contantin if I were a boy, both of which I quite like. I ended up with a popular name and always had at lease 2 other girls with the same name in a class. Still love my name, though.

I was nearly Claire. The registrar commented that it was a really popular name and my mum decided she didn't want that. So gave me an equally popular name of the time.

There were 3 of us with my name in my class at primary school. And one Claire 😂

Shona - but my mum decided it didnt go with our surname - or Eve.
I dislike my name but these are worse so... 🤷‍♀️

It's funny that we all end up what we are called because one parent overrules the other.

My dad's choices were overruled by my mums

Born 1973. If I had been a boy I was to be called Crawford.

Thank heavens for that lucky escape!

Girl names my mother had picked for me. Georgina, Danielle, Ashley. Alexis or Leigh.

My mother had no boy names picked.

Elizabeth or Robert.

I'm Sara.. but for some reason always be known as Sarah.. why did she name me that way? I have always had an identity crisis as almost every day people asked me if I am Sara or Sarah.. I am 67 now, for God sake I should know my own name!

My alternative name would've been Charlotte and I would've been Lottie so much easier!!

If I had been a boy, Oliver.
If my DB had been a girl, Antonia
If my sister had been a boy, Westley.

Sarah. It was enormously popular at the time. I have 3 friends called Sarah. In the end I got a more unusual name.

Dad wanted Audrey, Mum wanted Alison, which I actually wouldn't have minded as it took me a couple of decades to learn to like the name they eventually settled on.

Clarissa! 🤷‍♀️

If been a boy, Adrian. My sister almost called verity

Siobhan or Siobahn.

Edited to say lucky I wasn’t as I can’t spell it!

Dad wanted to call me Pamela after a character on a tv show. I am not called Pamela.

I would have been Andrew had I been a boy.